The document highlights the role of Protected Areas to tackle climate change and pledges to support, encourage and contribute to working together.
Together for Climate, Nature and People
A pledge for Climate Change Adaptation in and around Protected Areas
We are pleased to launch here the EUROPARC “Pledge for Climate”. This is a valuable legacy of the work we undertook in the framework of the LIFE Natur’Adapt project. It is a call for action to ensure biodiversity and climate are taken in due consideration as parts of the same picture. The pledge originates from the work of our Task Force on Climate Change and takes into account inputs and recommendations that were received from Park managing authorities, through constructive dialogue with EU institutions, the CoE and other partners in the project. This call for engagement aims to value the overall results of the project and to reach a wide audience of Protected Areas across Europe. So it is important for us to get the support of institutions, regional authorities and Protected Area networks across Europe.
Together, with this pledge, we seek to accelerate the transition towards a nature-inclusive and climate-resilient society in order to safeguard a sustainable living environment in the future.
The Pledge for Climate is undersigned by Agencies for nature conservation, Protected Area Managing authorities, organisations and networks of Protected Areas from across Europe.
For endorsement, send an email to Simone Prestes Dürrnagel at simone.prestes.duerrnagel@europarc.org including:
- Name and logo of the Institution or Organisation
- Name and role of the Signing Person
The Pledge for Climate is supported by:
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Michael Hosek - President of EUROPARC Federation
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Charlotte Meunier - President of Réserves Naturelles de France
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Francesca Visintin - President, Associazione Rete Italiana European Green Belt APS
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Sophie Tubiana - President of the Loire-Anjou-Touraine Park and of the EUROPARC Francophone Section
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Scotland’s Nature Agency
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Juana Barber - President EUROPARC Spain
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Gill Weyman - Chair of Cork Nature Network
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Matteo Viacava - Legal representative of Consortium of Managment of Portofino Marine Protected Area
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Célia Ramos - Vice President of NORTE Regional Coordination and Development Commission (CCDR-NORTE)
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The commitment for Climate Adaptation adopted by the French Conference of Protected Areas
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Naomi Conway - Director of National Parks Partnerships (NPP)
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Maja Vurnek - Expert Associate of Plitvice Lakes National Park